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218 HOMES & ART SUMMER 2013/14
WORDS Shannon Aitken
Zhang Xiao
Shot largely with a lo w-tech H olga camera, Zhan g Xiao’s images have a su rrea lism that captu res w hat the outside world might see as absu rd – everyday
behaviou r that becomes acceptable whe n life rushes past a nd the billion people arou n d you make you an ony mo us. Whether explo ring life in Chongqing,
as he did in his series They, or winding his way alon g the 18,000km of China’s seaboard, as he did in Coastline, his photos a re of China’s ever yday people,
ca ndidly caught doing thei r own thing.
Coastline No’ 14 by Zhang Xiao.